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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese forms archbishop’s council

In a June 10 gathering of Catholic Center employees, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien announced the formation of an archbishop’s council that will provide guidance on setting a course for the future of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Caritas reports 1,000 civilians dead, missing in Ivory Coast town

VATICAN CITY – One thousand people were suspected to be dead or missing in the town of Duekoue, Ivory Coast, after clashes throughout the country intensified, Caritas Internationalis reported.
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January 19, 2012

Courage

To make a long story short: a priest of 11 years, I returned to my native Archdiocese of New York in 1976 with a doctorate in moral theology, all the while expecting I would be assigned to the faculty of our Archdiocesan Seminary of St. Joseph, Dunwoodie, in Yonkers. Such was not to be.
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January 19, 2012

Iraqi Dominican details life in war-torn country

NEW YORK – An Iraqi Dominican nun June 5 described life in her war-torn country as one of suffering, violence and fear of kidnappings and attacks on civilians.
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January 19, 2012

What would Day think?

George Weigel is no doubt a respected scholar and pundit. However, after reading his last column (CR, March 24), it would appear that his plutocratic musings belong more in the pages of a reactionary publication than a Catholic newspaper. Weigel’s observations on “workers rights” would make Dorothy Day cringe.
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January 19, 2012

FOCA’s effects seen as dire, but chance of it passing considered slim

WASHINGTON – About the only thing everyone with a stake in it is likely to agree on about the Freedom of Choice Act is that the legislation has languished in Congress for 20 years, only once rising – just barely – above the fate of hundreds of bills that are introduced each session and never...
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January 19, 2012

Parakeet pastor finds joy in feathered friends

In the quaint fenced courtyard at the entrance to the friary at St. Casimir in Canton, the sweet chirping of birds can be heard, seemingly from the surrounding trees.
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January 19, 2012

Government is not ‘brother’s keeper’

Tony Magliano (CR, March 24) has his priorities backward. We are our brother’s keeper, and should be especially mindful of this during Lent. It is not the deeply indebted and broke federal government’s responsibility to help the needy – it’s ours.
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January 19, 2012

PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

Two evenings of fun, fellowship and blanket-making in the parish center of St. Mark, Catonsville, resulted in sending more than 130 fleece blankets to Soldier’s Angels (www.soldiersangels.org), an organization distributing blankets before Christmas to 180,000 deployed soldiers.
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January 19, 2012

Holy Orders: A Sacrament at the Service of Communion

The memory of Saturday, June 26, 2004 will be with me forever as a special day. It was the day of my priestly ordination at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. I remember promising respect and obedience to Cardinal Keeler and his successors as Archbishop of Baltimore. I remember my hands being anointed with sacred...
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January 19, 2012

Stewardship called ‘practical spirituality’ that follows Jesus’ example

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – If you think stewardship is just a fancy way a parish asks for more in the collection basket, Father Daniel Mahan invites you to think again.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican newspaper: Beatles’ music better than today’s pop songs

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper said the musical compositions of the Beatles were far more creative than the “standardized and stereotyped” pop music of today.
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